Although Sikong Yao wanted to come to Gu Xuanfang to relieve his boredom, but unfortunately, Mu Zixi was not in the restaurant at this time, and after asking carefully, he learned that Mu Zixi had been running around in the past few days in order to prepare for the ingredients used in the competition three days later, and he would not be in the restaurant for the next few days.

Although I can't find Mu Zixi, I still have to eat dinner, everyone in Gu Xuanfang knows Sikong Yao, she can eat rice as long as she relies on her face, although Sikong Yao didn't come to rub the rice on purpose, but since the other party treats him kindly, Sikong Yao is not easy to refuse.

And what Sikong Yao cares about very much is also a bowl of cross-bridge rice noodles brought by the clerk, cross-bridge rice noodles are a unique food in Yunnan, which has a history of more than 100 years and was transmitted to Kunming more than 50 years ago.

Cross-bridge rice noodles are composed of four parts, one is that the soup is covered with a layer of boiling oil. The second is condiments, including oil and spicy seeds, monosodium glutamate, and pepper. The third is the main ingredient, including raw pork loin slices, chicken breast slices, mullet slices, as well as pork loin slices, belly slices, and squid slices that have been matured in water; The auxiliary ingredients include pea tips and leeks, as well as coriander, shredded green onions, shredded grass sprouts, shredded ginger, magnolia slices, and soaked tofu skin. The fourth is the staple food, that is, rice noodles that have been slightly scalded with water. Covered with goose fat, the soup is piping hot, but not steaming.

The key lies in a bowl of soup, which is very particular, and in addition to pork bones, two strong hens and an old duck must be used. It is not possible to use three strong hens and two old ducks, this is the experience accumulated by the chef over the years, so that the soup is fresh, and it must be an old duck!

Chickens and ducks are to be slaughtered now, and the blood of the chickens is to be kept. After boiling the pork bones and chicken and duck over a fierce fire for four or five hours, take out all the contents of the soup, squeeze the chicken blood into pieces and put it into the soup, stirring constantly, then the chicken blood will coagulate the impurities in the soup, and the soup will become clear and translucent from milky white. After removing the sediment, put the pork bones in and simmer slowly over low heat for another hour or two.

There are some unpopular chefs who think that the more things are cooked in the soup of Hashi-mimen, the better the taste, and all kinds of fish and ham are boiled in it. This is done by people who don't know how to cook. The harmony of the five flavors is to "tune", not a pot of stew, so that the soup loses the fresh fragrance and refreshing characteristics of the rice noodles across the bridge.

Soup for pasta. Absolutely crucial. The soup base must be clear and not oily. The overall vision is translucent, and the authentic Suzhou-style noodle soup is as transparent as amber.

The noodle soup is called "hanging soup", which is equivalent to the soup stock in a restaurant. Noodle shops of all sizes regard the recipe for the soup as an heirloom. Keep it a secret. The common practice is to make the remaining bones of the popping beetle, as well as a variety of homemade secret recipes, and some will even add ham together and simmer slowly. A soup base skeleton with Suzhou characteristics is basically built. However, the flavor of each noodle soup is different, and its recipe is unknown. There are no impurities, fragrant, and moderately salty.

A kind clerk told Sikong Yao that if she wanted to find Mu Zixi, she might have to go to the Sea Dragon Palace, because Mu Zixi planned to use seafood to cook soup in the competition in two days.

The Sea Dragon Hall is a place where fish ingredients are sold in the inner courtyard, and it is not difficult to find, according to the direction given by the clerk, Sikong Yao came to the Sea Dragon Hall after a while.

Although it is said to be a temple, it is actually an ordinary fish market, but it is indeed not a simple matter to build a place where various fish can be kept in captivity in an underground world such as the inner courtyard.

In order to find Mu Zixi, Sikong Yao came to the most famous stall selling seafood, and the target was to blindly fish the earth.

Although Sikong Yao is not an expert in noodle dishes, he also understands that a good soup for cooking noodles must be composed of a soup head and a soup base.

The so-called soup base is generally made from the bones of chickens, ducks, pigs and cows, and has a rich aroma, which is the basis of a bowl of soup, but in order to blend this deliciousness, it is natural to need a taste of soup.

The soup does not take the rich and domineering heavy taste, but looks for a delicate and delicate light and delicious, so it is mostly cooked with fresh and sweet fish, such as earth fish and grouper.

The so-called earth fish, which is actually flounder, is a kind of seafood that lives in warm seas, although the shape is not good-looking, like a flat plate, but the taste is surprisingly delicious, and when used to cook soup, it can be blended with a very sweet soup. The reason why Cantonese wonton is famous is that it uses very delicious earth fish in its soup, so Sikong Yao guessed that Mu Zixi must be searching for good earth fish at this time.

Sure enough, Sikong Yao had just come to the stall selling flounder, and he saw Mu Zixi, and the excitement on his face at this time seemed to have found a treasure.

Sikong Yao stepped forward to say hello, and Mu Zixi hurriedly said: "Sikong Yao, come and take a look at this flounder, a full seven catties, it is really a rare ingredient!" ”

Sikong Yao followed Mu Zixi's line of sight, the flounder was like a flattened basin, it looked a little scary, Sikong Yao smiled awkwardly: "How do you cook such a big fish?" ”

Mu Zixi smiled disappreciatively: "We have a special pot for boiling soup, and this size is not enough." ”

Sikong Yao thought about it carefully, it seemed that there was indeed a large pot almost like a water tank in Gu Xuanfang, and it must not be a problem to cook this flounder.

Mu Zixi was like a treasure, looking at the flounder in his heart, he couldn't say that he was comfortable, and the soup cooked with this fish must be delicious and sweet.

"Boss, I want this fish!" Mu Zixi was full of interest, and he didn't ask the price, he opened his mouth to wrap this flounder.

"Come on." When the fishmonger heard that someone was selling fish, he also came out of nowhere, and when he came to the door with a business, he naturally greeted him with a smile, but when he saw that what Mu Zixi wanted was the seven-pound flounder, his face suddenly became difficult again.

The fishmonger said with some embarrassment: "Handsome guy, I'm afraid this fish won't work, can you change it?" ”

Mu Zixi frowned slightly, he likes this fish very much, if he can't buy it, it will be like a piece of meat cut in his heart, which is uncomfortable.

"Why?" Mu Zixi asked.

The fishmonger said helplessly: "This fish has been ordered." ”

Mu Zixi felt distressed as if someone had cut a piece of meat, and it was really heartbreaking for such a good flounder to be taken first.

"Who bought it?" Mu Zixi didn't seem to give up, and asked again.

The fishmonger shrugged and said, "How do I know who he is?" I can tell you what he looks like, the tall and thin boy looks quite handsome, but he looks too cold, and his lips are very thin. ”

As soon as she heard the fishmonger's description, Sikong Yao suddenly felt a little inexplicably familiar, how could she be a little similar to the person who sold sweet and sour live fish she met at Weifang last night?

Just when Sikong Yao was thinking like this, Mu Zixi slapped his thigh and shouted like an initiation, "Trouble! It could have been him! ”

Seeing Mu Zixi's abnormal expression, Sikong Yao asked again, "What's wrong, Brother Mu?" ”

Mu Zixi sighed with a difficult face and explained: "I didn't expect it to be a fish idiot who fell in love with him, and I guess there is no way to ask for it from him now." ”

"Fish idiot?" For this title, Sikong Yao was very curious, so he asked again: "What is the origin of this fish idiot?" ”

Mu Zixi explained: "In this inner courtyard, generally speaking, it is difficult to survive if you don't join the cooking group, but there are also some lonely cases, who don't like to deal with people, but can survive with their unique skills, such people are either very poor, or very chic, and this fish idiot is one of them." ”

Sikong Yao frowned slightly, there was really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in this inner courtyard, and there were such masters, so he asked again: "This fish idiot is a lone ranger?" ”

Mu Zixi nodded and responded: "Yes, this guy has a withdrawn personality and never likes to talk to outsiders, but his skills in making fish are first-class, and he doesn't participate in competitions, he just sells the food to the flavor shop, and he can sell it at a high price, and once again even shocked the high-level out, and sold it for a high price of 7,000 points with a red star grouper, which caused a sensation in the entire inner courtyard." Countless cooking groups came to invite him to join, but he refused, and he was a guy who only devoted himself to his own cooking. If this flounder is taken by a fish idiot, I'm afraid he won't let it out. ”

Listening to Mu Zixi's words, Sikong Yao felt more and more that this fish idiot was the person she saw last night, and just when she was thinking like this, Mu Zixi was shocked again.

"Sure enough, it's him!" Mu Zixi stared into the distance, his tone full of helplessness.

Looking along Mu Zixi's line of sight, what Sikong Yao saw was naturally the legendary fish idiot, and it was really the master he met in Weifang last night.

The fish idiot also noticed the gaze of these two people, but his expression still did not change, he just walked straight to the fish stall and coldly spit out two words: "Take the fish." ”

Seeing that the fishmonger really went to get the seven-pound flounder, Mu Zixi's heart suddenly cooled half, it was tantamount to a fantasy to beg for fish under the hands of a fish idiot, but despite this, Mu Zixi still wanted to try: "Fish idiot, can you please give me your love for this fish?" I'm having a halberd with the people of the Absolute Crown, hoping to use this flounder to make soup. ”

The fish idiot glanced at Mu Zixi, and then coldly revealed two words from between his teeth: "No." (To be continued......)